Psalms 80:4
\80:3\Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
In Context
5\80:4\O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.
Psalms 31:17\31:16\Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
Psalms 60:3\60:1\God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.
Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?
Isaiah 58:2Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.
Lamentations 3:44Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →